alt Hacker NewsAre the people supposed to eat rocks? Agriculture takes a lot of land but people need to eat.
If anything agriculture is going to require more land in order to be sustainable.
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wqaatwt • last Tuesday at 6:48 AM
Economically it would make more sense to import food from France, Spain etc. it would reduce the cost of living for the overwhelming majority of people with limited negative economic impact.
account42 • last Tuesday at 1:38 PM
And even without agriculture, a country should be considered "full" long before each acre has been turned into a concrete hellhole.
selfmodruntime • last Monday at 9:37 PM
well duh let's just import food from elsewhere (and completely ignore that foreign politic squabbles might crash this system)
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People do need to eat, but over 80% of the Dutch agricultural produce is being exported.
Also, good portion of it isn't even meant for human consumption. Think flowers or cattle feed.
This is not about feeding the population or about sustainability. It's simply about profit.